Gary Basin
Building things with computers.
Writing
Open source
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Agentboard (web app)
A web-native GUI for tmux, built to run many AI coding agents — smooth on a phone browser, with proper iOS and Mac keyboard support.
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Stress Test (skill)
An agent skill that makes your coding agent verify a plan before building — checks claims against real docs, runs proof-of-concept code, updates the plan.
Angel investments
Valar Atomics
Groq
Replit
Stepful
HoX
+ more
Background
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Independent consulting
- AI engineering — software factories, harness design & optimization
- Trading & markets — statistical arbitrage, market simulation
- Hardware — GPU & GPUaaS sourcing
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Co-founder & CTO, Ike
Building an AI-powered mortgage brokerage that lets real estate agents become licensed loan officers and get paid on their own transactions.
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Co-founder & CTO, Usonia
Designed a blockchain for cryptographically-verifiable mortgage loans — developed as an OCC-approved joint venture with Flagstar Bank (NYSE: FLG).
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Founding team, Reserve Protocol
Helped design an asset-backed stablecoin for high-inflation economies.
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Co-founder & CTO, Kapital Trading
Built a high-frequency trading firm from the ground up — infrastructure, alphas, and a team that peaked at 25. Traded our own capital across interest-rate derivatives, equity index futures, FX, and equities.
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Software engineer, Balyasny
Built trading software for a multi-strategy hedge fund.